On This Day - 29th June 1644
Charles I of England defeated a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge (near Banbury, Oxfordshire). It was the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
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Charles I of England defeated a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge (near Banbury, Oxfordshire). It was the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
https://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/civil-war/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=2
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UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars - The Cropredy Campaign 1644 - The Battle of Battle of Cropredy Bridge
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